Nowadays you can use an SSD as cache (64GB max) to boost the transfer rate of a normal hard disk (Sata II or Sata III). This feature can increase the performance of large capacity disks. We'll walk ...

* Intel SSD 510, next in series of Intel SSD introductions for 2011, transfers more data in less time. * Ideal for gamers, media creators, performance-intensive workstations, Intel SSD 510 offers ...

PCIe SSDs are newer and more technologically advanced than SATA SSDs, but that doesn't mean users should choose PCIe SSDs over SATA SSDs every time. Both types of SSDs have certain advantages and ...

Disk access times can make a big difference in many applications, with the bulk of this cost coming from a hard drive's seek time, rotational time and transfer time delay. Free software can test the ...

I'm plotting my first native NVMe build, and intend to reuse the existing Windows 10 install on a Samsung 850 EVO SSD. I haven't done this before, and falling back on "just reinstall from cold" is an ...

Primary storage devices directly connected to the computer's main bus have excellent latency and throughput, but on the other hand, they have the problem of small capacity. If you are focusing on the ...

Upgrading a computer's boot drive from a traditional hard drive to an SSD is one of the single best performance upgrades ever. But, if you're like many of us, when you did it SSDs were expensive, and ...

It's a well-known fact that solid-state drives (SSDs) are faster and superior to old mechanical hard drive disks, which are more commonly called HDDs (via Enterprise Storage Platform). An archaic ...